>> guest: well, i got fired from cbs along with a lot of good company. the layoffs had started, and, of course, it was the first of many. at nbc there was a succession of events which resulted in being told that i would be auditioned to come back on the network. i went back to the local station by my own choice. c-span: after covering the war? >> guest: no. i was in the london bureau at that point. i'd done a lot of foreign coverage by then. i was based in singapore and then based in london and then went back to work for the local station. it was horrific. at that time, happy news was firmly ensconced. broadcasting was making up with the public, if you will, after this terrible time of being estranged and spiro agnew pointing the finger at us, etc., etc. c-span: was that a fair speech, by the way? >> guest: yes. i think there was obvious, of course, political motivation. c-span: you're talking about the des moines speech? >> guest: yes. but i mean huntley himself told me they had an affiliates meeting shortly after that speech, and the affiliates were in